Benjamin B
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TheFilmBook
Practical Optics 2 - Notes on Lenses and Elastic Formats
This post is a brief reflection about focal lengths with multiple, "elastic" formats. It serves as an addendum to my previous in-depth post about Testing Different Sensor Sizes, and is aimed at students... like myself :)
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TheFilmBook
Practical Optics 1 - Testing Different Sensor Sizes
Test images with a still camera to show how camera position, sensor size, focal length and angle of view interact to create the distinctive look of different sensor sizes.
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TheFilmBook
Walter Murch - 3. Jump Cuts, Sequences, The Entire Movie
This is my third and final video interview with Walter Murch, the legendary editor, sound designer and cinematic pioneer.
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TheFilmBook
Walter Murch - 2. Editing In Real Time
In the second of three video interviews, legendary editor Walter Murch discusses cutting in real time, rhythmic signatures & image editing
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TheFilmBook
Walter Murch - 1. Cook, Surgeon, Conductor
"Editing is a mixture of cooking, surgery and orchestra conducting." Renown editor and sound designer Walter Murch talks about his art and his craft in a first video interview with Benjamin B.
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TheFilmBook
The Elastic Frame
This is a post about the transition in contemporary cinema to the elastic frame, a result of digital projection.
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TheFilmBook
Large Format: Ultra Panavision 70
Large formats are a key development in current cinema, and I hope to write several posts on the subject in the coming months. This post is about Ultra Panavision 70.
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TheFilmBook
Thank You, Vilmos
A personal tribute to my friend Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, HSC.
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